Tag: Wendy Yothers

  • About Love: Tiffany, Beyonce, Jay-Z, a Yellow Diamond and FIT Alums

    As any good campaign should, Tiffany & Co’s attempt to appeal to younger potential customers with its “About Love” campaign lit up both the fashion press and mainstream media last month. Beyoncé is the first Black woman to wear the hypnotically yellow Tiffany Diamond in public since its 1878 acquisition by the jeweler. The campaign…

  • Dean Brown: Making Jewelry for Buildings and for People

    In a forthright conversation, Dean Brown, ’21, tells of his experience as a jewelry designer, being a student again, his industry experience, and what it’s like being an African-American male in his major. He also talks about how a public library, a metal working father, and his community made a difference in his life. Early…

  • A glassware design, inspired by seeing spring four times!

    “The piece is inspired by the year I saw spring four times as I traveled,” says Jewelry Design Professor Wendy Yothers. “First in Lubbock Texas, where I was teaching; second in Michigan on the family farm; third in Taos, New Mexico in the Sangre de Christo mountains; and fourth, in Helsinki, where there was a…

  • David Yurman is a Jewel for FIT

    Twenty-eight graduating seniors in Jewelry Design. Twenty-three boxes of gems. One generous and creative donor.  One department that knows how to make its students shine. What’s more is the department expects to have enough gems to go around for years to come. The creative donor is David Yurman, a great friend of the school and…

  • Goodbye Snapshots to Dean Arbuckle

    Dean Arbuckle is leaving us. Her title will be longer, but she’ll always be known simply and elegantly as the “dean” to us. By August 2016 she’ll be working with FIT’s President Joyce Brown. We know her heart will always be with the School of Art and Design and ours with her. Here is a…